Tag: investing

It’s been a while I don’t update my financial statements (last time was in May!) and many things happened during this period:

I stopped investing in Peer to Peer: it yields me less cash flow than my rental properties and I believe that once the economy turns around many of these debtors will not be able to repay the loans. It will probably not happen now but I think it will at some point.

I have established a proper company to manage my 2 rental properties that are currently rented for tourists. It is more efficient in terms of taxes.

Cash

3,600

Peer to Peer

0

Pensions

86,780

Security deposit for current house

3,500

Rental Property #1

100,000

Rental Property #2

133,000

Debt (Bank)

-22,260

Total networth

304,620

My net worth has actually increased very little from May to September, less than 24k. This is due to the fact that we bought a second house and had to pay extra taxes, which we do not count as equity, and also the fact that we bought furniture for the new apartment and I do not account for that either in my net worth calculation. I have also decreased by 500 Euros the amount of security deposit for the current house. In general, I prefer to be on the conservative side.

From now on, as no costs related to the business/rental properties are expected, apart from the recurrent ones, we should be able to keep up with the 50% savings rate on our salaries and hopefully increase our net worth by around 8k every month. We now have income from our salaries + passive income from 2 rental properties. Our 2 rental properties should yield between 400 and 1800 net per month, depending on the season, which is very exciting.

Now that we are having extra cash and real estate prices are completely crazy, where shall we invest? I am thinking index funds dividend related. What is your view?

This month I took the decision not to use any straws, neither in the house nor outside. Of course if I really loved them, I could still buy environmentally friendly ones to have at home. But I don’t really need them, and I have to admit that most of the time I use them outside home just out of habit. From now on, I will not buy any and not accept from any shop. This is my monthly action on my my way towards a greener life!

Have you realized how much money you can save by being environmentally friendly? 🙂

March was a pretty good month. I am very proud to say that we were able to increase our net worth by 6.5k mostly due to the fact that we did not spend much + some extra cash that I got from my previous employer.

Cash

50,700

Peer to Peer

857

Pensions

74,980

Security deposit for current house

4,000

Rental Property #1

100,000

Rental Property #2

133,000

Debt (Rental Property #2)

-94,000

Total networth

269,537

Savings rate = 52%

I am still waiting for property #2 to be completely built in order to officially buy it. The property is not officially mine yet, I have just paid part of it in advance while it was still in construction. There is always some sort of risk in these businesses, I have to admit I am nervous and I will be until the day I get to sign the contract!